i was walking by a room last night, where a student nurse was tending to her patient. i overheard the family (that had just come in) say, "so what do you do?"
the student replied, i am a nursing student helping to take care of your dad tonight.
they all giggled. one said, so your pretending huh??
she said no, i am learning.
:angryfirethey all kept laughing. except the patient & the student.
but they kept on with the comments and belittling statements, so i walked by and said hey mr. so&so, how are you tonight? i didn't get a chance to say hello yet.
they all smiled and replied. i said "wow, your a lucky guy tonight! you have one of the star students taking care of you!" he smiled and said how good she was to him.
poor thing, thanked me later was a little teary but insisted she was ok.
have any of you been in a situation like that before??
how did you address it??
the mokery was relentless, i had no advice because i just couldn't believe it. i had never experienced that before.
not to mention my rn clinicals start soon...what if i have a run in like that?? how do i handle it??:innerconf i am a pretty tolerant person...but straight forward. have never really been at a loss for words before!!:smackingf
one said, so your pretending huh??
